Bogotrax is a festival of electronic music and culture, taking place in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. It’s a 10 day non-stop experience, with concerts, workshops and conferences going on during the day and club events + outdoor parties happening at nights...

The world Pophorn premiere happened in the sunny afternoon of 17 March at Parque de los Periodistas in Bogotá

Ophonines at the ready

Lo-fi socialities

Ophonines – a minute to learn, a lifetime to master

"We like our Pophorns upside down"

Singing in the sun

Que tal?

The grass is greener on this side of the Atlantic Ocean

Signal chain: Guttural noise → Ophonine → Mixer → Power amp → Public adress speakers → Loopaholic eardrums

Bogotraxers pophorning

Ophonine Shout-Out

Three-channel jamming

Dirty sounds from gravelly grounds

Small-screen choreographies in the dark

February 21 a dozen kids were let loose with the Ophonines at the Seki Sano theatre in Bogotá. Groovy!

Intense Pophorning through the mighty soundsystem at the Museo de Artes in Univerisdad Nacional in Bogotá

Powerful Pophorn humps carrying a more portable Ophonine amplification system in Medellín

Gear guards

A huge and somewhat hesitant crowd at Parque Bolivar in Medellín. People expected a performance and we invited interaction. After a while the stage/audience division started to blur

Getting pick-up power for the Pophorn amps

Cables marking the surprisingly triangular Pophorn area

Medellín has some of the coolest and friendliest hip-hop crews west of Copenhagen

Giving a hand or two

This guy elaborated on the sad state of Colombian politics in general and Medellín politicians in particular

Strumming on the phones

The in-crowd in in-action